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Magical gem: Ouroboros with Hebrew inscription and characteres
CBd-Number:
CBd-1896
ID-Number:
US-Malibu-Getty_84.AN.1.86
Collection:
US_Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum
Inventory:
84.AN.1.86
References:
Spier, Gems, no. 959
Material:
chalcedony (colour unspecified)
Dimensions:
15 x 13 mm
Iconography:
Ouroboros
Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8. Chalcedony. Intact. 

A:
Ouroboros with head at top, enclosing a three-line inscription: two lines of Hebrew and the third of symbols.
B: Plain.

/Description: Jeffrey Spier – CBd/

Bibliography
Spier, Gems on CBd-1896
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online on CBd-1896

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CBd-1896. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy. Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/1896 on 22-10-2024.

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